I wanted to retake the collage class in which I had so much fun last year. By the time I found out when it was taking place, it had already happened.Welllll, why should this prevent me from doing it on my own at home?

This piece was sooo much fun to make.I had a time constraint, as I was making it to mail out as a birthday gift.

Here are some process pics....

Canvas was purchased pre-painted at Goodwill. I layered several white acrylics to cover it, then began to apply with glue an inner layer of ripped paper bag to form an oval as a visual niche for the actual animal.

Next were many many bits of paper from a HowTo Calligraphy book. I wanted to use text as a background and was sooooo pleased that I thought to pick up this book in a freebox recently so I had all these gorgeous letterings to use for text, woo hoo!

This was the trickiest bit. I used sheet music as the base for the gecko because it had so many dots (the notes themselves) and this leopard gecko does, too!I had to carefully piece together tiny pieces to create the shape of the animal. The tiny toes were the most challenging.

Closeup of her after I added watercolor paint.

Her name, showing that it is not just an average lady, but Elizabeth herself. I worked from a pic I found of her.

Swap Organizer himself/herself meets these conditions:- Has fully read the Swap Info Guide: YES/NO- Has successfully completed two swaps as a participant: YES/NO- Is not organizing more than three swaps right now: YES/NO- Will recruit a co-organizer or give all details to a Swap Moderator if this swap has more than 25 participants: YES/NO- Is at least 18 years old: YES/NO

Swap Organizer will check each participant to make sure they meet these conditions:- Has been a member for at least one month: YES/NO yes- Has posted at least 15 times: YES/NO yes- Has completed one swap successfully before signing up for multiple swaps at a time: YES/NO yes- Is not currently signed up for more than five swaps: YES/NO yes- Does not have any negative feedback: YES/NO yes- Participant has agreed that he/she is at least 16 years old: YES/NO yes- If within the US, understands that Delivery Confirmation number is required for this swap: YES/NO yes- If outside the US, understands that a mailing receipt copy is required for this swap: YES/NO yesSwap Organizer himself/herself meets these conditions:- Has fully read the Swap Info Guide: YES/NO yes- Has successfully completed two swaps as a participant: YES/NO yes- Is not organizing more than three swaps right now: YES/NO tes- Will recruit a co-organizer or give all details to a Swap Moderator if this swap has more than 25 participants: YES/NO yes- Is at least 18 years old: YES/NO yes

Also, remember to read the Swap Info Guide to find other rules about participating in a swap.

Details of swap:If you enjoy the snarky world, come join us and create something in this vein and receive something as well! We are holding to the One Tiny Thing guidance system, meaning your craft cannot be more than four inches by four inches. Deep apologies to those who abide by the metric system. In spite of the small size, it will rock. Right? I mean, you're not gonna take a small ball of yarn and stick google eyes on it. Really. You're not.

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If you want to participate, information to send to organizer, blupaisan.

QUESTIONNAIRE TO ANSWER:Name of swap One Tiny Snarky ThingCraftster usernameEmail addressYour real nameMailing address including the countryWould you be willing to ship to an address outside your own country?Confirm that are at least 16 years old: (YES/NO)List 5 actual items that you would like to receive.. (e.g. magnets, bag, altered tin, embroidered hanky, lump of chewed gum)12345

I am willing to bet that there are a wholebuncha black and white movie fans out there.Anyone have an absolute fave that comes to mind and wanna do a one tiny thing swap based on this?My fave is Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

Here is the post from one of my clients that was headed for the dumpster.Fairly shredded and well used in all areas.I took most of it apart, except for the rope which I simply trimmed.I counted over one hundred (!) staples as I removed them from all carpeted areas!

Here is the redone piece.I posted a request on Freecycle that I was looking for a sizeable new bit of carpet for this project. I got a huge roll from a nice lady who was excited that it was gonna be used for kitties.

Here is Cirquie checking it out for the first time.

I wanted to put just a bit of oomph to it so added bright red paracord.

Oh. My. Goodness.I just now came up with this idea and it excites me and I hope others are interested.This will be a temporary craft! Paint your face in a Mardi Gras theme and post it in the challenge.Oh, I hope (can you tell I am excited?) this can come to fruition. So much fun to be had!!

The donor, Logan, copious amounts of fur.A dog I walk two or three times a week.fur, safely home, and being checked out by my kittiessoaking in hot water and dishsoapstuff is as bad as cooked spinach! Comes down to nuttin'!One ball has a jingle bell inside. Cirquie is trying to guess which one by using her feline intuition.

I was walking in the woods recently, looking for natural items to make a Christmas ornament. I was out for an hour, and was able to spot so many possibilities. I wondered if a craftster could gather items on a similar walk, city, country, anywhere, found items only, then create ANYTHING.Too lame for a challenge?

perfect packing weather yesterday. While walking the dog, I made this squirrel. I could not do details with gloves on, so removed them, which caused me to spend only five minutes in the creation, after which I shoved my frozen hands under my armpits, lol.

This is Achilles. He is old and was old even when I first met him four years ago!Began taking care of him then, and now his owner is not just a client, but a true friend.This watercolor is going out in the mail today.

Decided to add just a tiny hint of the issue he has with one very gunky eye. Figured to be true, but not overdue it, lol.